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chess, cycling, half-marathon, swimming, 10- kilometer and triathlon. W om en’s bas ketball, he says, is most desper ately in need of Verone Flood’s “Crosses of New M exico” is one of T h e Triptych Series on at least two display at Jantzen Beach Barnes & Noble more players. You don’t have to be a pro to participate, and even if you have no real sports interests j ortland lesbian landscape photographer whatsoever, the games include a variety of less Verone Flood is addicted. “To cameras, physically oriented activities, Gaarder says, “as computers and Diet C oke,” says the artist, well as a Cultural Conference presenting a who travels around snapping outdoor shots number o f topics of interest to the G L B T com “with my 12-year-old basset hound named S te l munity.” Spectators are also welcome to travel la, who rides shotgun.” along with the team. Flcxxi’s latest installation, The Triptych Series, And, attention supportive area businesses, is on view at the Jantzen Beach Barnes &. Noble Team Oregon needs sponsors. Plaster your name through March 31. Meet the artist during a recep on the back of their T-shirts for all the world to tion from 7 to 8 p.m. March 8. Each piece in this see by calling Chris at 503-603-5408. If you series is a collage of three images “about relation want to join an event or form a new one with ships,” she says, “of shapes and color, balance and Team Oregon, e-mail info@teamoregonusa.com. tension, and negative and positive space." You can also visit the team’s under-construction Last summer, Flood’s “Old Columbia High Internet site at www.teamoregonusa.com. way" won third place in Just O ut’s Spring into Pride Photo C ontest and wasfeatured in th e June 15 issue. This year, she will offer her pic tures for public inspection and purchase at S a t ore than 1,500 people are expected at urday Market. O ne o f her photos also has been the Portland Conference C enter for the chosen to be part o f Seattle’s Northwest Exhi 27th annual International W om en’s bition o f Environmental Photography in April. Day from noon to 6 p.m. March 10. T he event includes two floors o f entertainm ent, resource rooms, vendors and fcxxJ. Womens Words will take place from noon to ay Philadelphia journalist Jim Gladstone 4 p.m., bringing together women of varying back has written a lot o f stuff. grounds and experiences to read and philosophize His cultural commentary and criticism on life, love and politics. The only all-girl poetry have appeared in the New York Times Book slam in the city will kick off at 4:30 p.m., and Review, Billboard, Spm, Lambda Book Report and participants can still sign up at 503-235-3485. an array o f daily newspapers across the country. A partial list o f entertainm ent includes He has published short fiction and essays in a belly dance companies Circle Dance and Sister host of literary magazines and, thanks to the Caravan, and the r—i glamorous world of copywriting, his prose can be Portland Lesbian The Bi g B o o k of M is u n d e rs ta n d in g found (in tampon packages and promoting fresh C hoir is scheduled ■ turkey products. Fortunately for liter ature, Gladstone re located to Paris, where he found his muse (no doubt a cute Parisian in a beret) and penned his first novel, The Big What’s popped and what’s flopped, In a theater near you. A flo o d o f im a g e s ’ Cause I’ m a w om an C h ild h o o d = h e ll <£><§> B lack H awk D own Director Ridley Scott succeeds at con vincing us war is hell but fails in providing any context for a Hitched 1993 mission in Somalia— with the exception of a cigar- chomping warlord and a few explanatory titles. O f course, considering this is a military movie, the hunks are on parade, including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor and Ron Eldard. A ttention! —Jim Radosta dud, bottom of the bag only if you’re really hungry good effort, pass the salt <£§> mmmm, tasty! get the big tub o’ com even though he has the m ental capacity o f a 7-year-old? N o, I cringe. -JR <&> C rossroads L antana No one on the Just Out staff was willing to actually see this movie starring publicist- proclaimed new “gay icon" Britney Spears; however, we’re sure it sucks. — Lisa Bradshaw 40 D ays and 40 N ights A promising premise turns tiresome in this romantic comedy aKiut a sex fiend (Josh Hartnett) who gives up all forms of nookie— including masturbation— for Lent. G lenn Fitzgerald (the “ex gay” contestant in Series 7) plays a conniving co-work er who takes wagers on how long the abstinent addict can hold out. Will he get the girl (captivating newcomer Shannyn Sossa- mon) in the end? You can bet on it. This late arrival in the Oscar race shouldn’t be missed. Director Ray Lawrence orchestrates a complex cast o f couples in writer Andrew Bovell’s riveting exam ination of adultery, trust and deception. W hen therapist Barbara Her- shey counsels a gay patient, she begins to get second thoughts aKiut her distant husband, Geoffrey Rush. Is he or isn’t he? -JR -JR <g> <£§> <£> G osford P ark B(x>k o f Misunderstand - ing. T he author visits A nnie Bloom ’s Books, 7834 S.W . Capitol Highway, at 5 p.m. March 9 to read from this trek through the strange and wonderful world of family. Jim G lad ston e reads from his first novel, T h e Big Book of Big Book is a darkly M isunderstanding, M arch 9 comic kxik at life through the eyes of Carly Simon-obsessed Josh to delight the crowd with song at 1:30 p.m. Royalton, a 22-year-old gay aspiring childrens T h e Aurora C horus will take the stage at book writer. The first page finds him in the bath- 2:45 p.m. led by lesbian composer/director Joan Szymko. rcxim, pill Kittle in hand, asking, “Do 1 have to Part of a global women's month observation, end my life to end my childh<xxl?" Thus begins a Portland’s celebration hopes to provide opportuni difficult but often hilarious inner and outer jour ties for women and the entire community to dis ney toward the realization of past and current self. cover similarities and learn from differences in a respectful, inclusive and supportive environment. Event coordinator Hilary Seidel says it’s important “to take one day to celebrate how far we have es, Oregon will be duly represented at G ay come and to look ahead to all we can still accom Gam es V I Sport and C ultural Festival plish when we support one another.” She notes O ct. 25-Nov. 9 in Sydney, Australia. In that this observance allows the opportunity “to fact, you can help do the representing. reflect on and redefine our roles as women and According to team member Chris Gaarder, leaders in Portland and around the world.’ only sailing and swimming are full, and the registration deadline isn’t until July 31. So far, C om p iled by LlSA BRADSHAW forming teams include basketball, Niwling, Te a m O r e g o n D o w n U n d e r Y ’in Subtle metaphor and dry wit carry Robert A ltm an’s 1930s period piece. It’s Upstairs, Dounstairs at the McCordle country estate when guests arrive with servants in tow. But when Sir William is murdered, whodunit? Stephen Fry is memorable if a bit too bum bling as a police inspector, and Emily W at son is Oscar-worthy as a dexterous maid. T here’s a rich feminist theme and a delight- ul peppering of homoeroticism, but the whole thing ends a bit too quickly, allowing nice memories but a feeling of being rushed out the door. — LB < C %> I A m S am I really wanted to like this sappy tear- jerker, but the entire experience is excru ciating: A m I supposed to laugh when Sean Penn (as a m entally challenged father) says som ething unbelievably m oronic? A m I supposed to swoon when he and M ich elle Pfeiffer (as his icy lawyer) start flirting with each other, <& £$><& > M onster ’ s B all A heartbreaking, incendiary, passionately erotic drama involving a racist cop (Billy Bob Thornton) and the widow (H alle Berry) of a black inmate he helped execute. T h e unlikely twosome become, through a tortuous chain of events, romantically involved. Som e situations and resolutions seem a bit pat and contrived, but under Marc Forster’s sharp direction, the pacing and performances are spot-on. — Christopher M cQuain O range C ounty Lawrence Kasdan’s son directed and the Rev. Mel W hite’s son wrote this alleged comedy star ring Tom Hanks’ son and Sissy Spacek’s daughter as high school students who enlist the help of Penny Marshall's brother in a desperate attempt to get into Stanford. The only laughs come from the film’s sole non-nepotistic cast member, Jack Black, who steals scenes „ _ as the deadbeat brother. ^ - JR
